Author Archives: Ken Delaney
KPS Board of Education interviewing firms to help in superintendent search
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education wants to be on a fast track to find a new superintendent, and they began the process last night by interviewing search firm...
Feb 14, 2023 Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education meeting Feb 13, 2023 (courtesy John McNeill)
Three dead, others wounded after shooting at Michigan State, shooter takes his own life
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The gunman responsible for the mass shooting at Michigan State University Monday night is dead. Officials say a 43-year-old male with no affiliation to the university k...
Feb 14, 2023 A surveillance image released by campus police shows the person believed to be responsible for a shooting at Michigan State University Feb 13, 2023
2,500 jobs expected to be created with new BlueOval Battery Park Michigan to be built near Marshall
MARSHALL TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Ford Motor Company Monday afternoon confirmed it will invest $3.5 billion to build a new electric vehicle battery plant near Marshall, saying the project will crea...
Feb 13, 2023 Ford Motor Co CEO Bill Ford at a press conference in Romulus MI Feb 13, 2023
Kalamazoo man with long felony history gets prison time for drug and weapons charge, as well as assault with intent to commit murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 27-year-old Kalamazoo man arrested in March 2022 on drug trafficking and weapons charges has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. U.S. Attorney Mark Totten says William...
Feb 13, 2023 (courtesy United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan)
Hit and run driver takes out power pole in Portage Monday morning
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A hit and run accident early Monday morning knocked out power to more than 1,300 customers in Portage. The Portage Department of Public Safety says a vehicle hit a power pol...
Feb 13, 2023 Portage Police cruiser (photo by John McNeil)
Calhoun County authorities looking for Pennfield Township shooting suspect
PENNFIELD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There were no injuries, but the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is looking for a man who fired a gun at another man after an early Monday morning fight in Pennfield Townsh...
Feb 13, 2023 Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.
Informational meeting on proposed Otsego Public Safety millage increase tonight
OTSEGO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The City of Otsego tonight will hold the first in a series of informational meetings on their upcoming Public Safety proposal. If it passes, the current two-mill, 10-year pub...
Feb 13, 2023
Airspace over Lake Michigan shutdown briefly, "object" shot down over Lake Huron
LAKE HURON, MI (Reuters) - U.S. military fighter jets Sunday shot down an octagonal object over Lake Huron, the Pentagon said, the latest incident since a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon put No...
Feb 12, 2023 US Air Force
After attorney fees, Kalamazoo County to receive almost $1.6 million from Meijer opioid settlement
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While some counties have already received their money, Kalamazoo County is expected to soon receive nearly $1.6 million after Meijer reached a settlement related to opioid...
Feb 11, 2023 Find Rehab Centers / CC
Michigan raising price for recreation passport in March; first hike since 2020
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The cost of a Michigan Recreation Passport is going up March 1, 2023. It's the first increase since 2020. Recreation passports give residents year-round vehicle access to th...
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